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Theme 6: Using The Telephone - Frontier College

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Background Notes:<br />

Activity One:<br />

# by asking a student to read the word aloud and using it in a sentence, you will<br />

be able to see if your student understands the meaning of the word and if there<br />

are any pronunciation difficulties<br />

# review the vocabulary before beginning the other activities, this will help your<br />

student to understand the handouts at the end of the unit<br />

Activity Two:<br />

# Example of Questions<br />

What is a residential phone?<br />

Who answers a business phone?<br />

Why should you not provide your name and number to an unidentified caller?<br />

How do you check to see if you have dialed the wrong number?<br />

Activity Three:<br />

# note any pronunciation difficulties with words and phrases<br />

# use the phrases later in a role-play to allow your student to practice these<br />

phrases<br />

Activity Four:<br />

# Sample Dialogue<br />

A: Hello<br />

B: Hello. May I speak with Mr James please?<br />

A: He’s on the other line right now. May I take a message?<br />

B: No, thank you. I’ll call again later<br />

A: Thank you. Good-bye.<br />

B Good-bye.<br />

Activity Five:<br />

# reverse the parts as you role play<br />

# once you have role-played using the dialogues, role-play scenarios without the<br />

script<br />

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